coughing

Word Origin & History

early 14c., coughen, probably in Old English, but not recorded, from Proto-Germanic *kokh- (with the rough "kh" of German or of Scottish loch; cf. Middle Dutch kochen, Middle High German kuchen). Onomatopoeic. Related: Coughed; coughing. As a noun from c.1300.

Example Sentences for coughing

Saunders became vehement, and paid the penalty of a paroxysm of coughing.

A wheezing and coughing and clanking of keys interrupted the proceedings.

But not on this side, for I am afraid we might have a fresh fit of coughing.

And he gave the Tanner a crack that made him roar for all his coughing.

Jabouille himself was coughing his life out, reduced to a very skeleton.

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